A Lesson Before Dying

A Lesson Before Dying

Movie 1999-05-22 1h 41m Drama
★ 5.0 / 10 · 18 votes

In the 1940s South, an African-American man is wrongly accused of the killing a a white store owner. In his defense, his white attorney equates him with a lowly hog, to indicate that he didn't have the sense to know what he was doing. Nevertheless convicted, he is sentenced to die, but his godmother and the aunt of the local schoolteacher convince school teacher go to the convicted man's cell each day to try to reaffirm to him that he is not an animal but a man with dignity.

Status
Released
Studios
Spanky Pictures , Ellen M. Krass Productions , HBO Films
Country
United States of America
Language
English
Director
Joseph Sargent
Cast
Don Cheadle Don Cheadle Grant Wiggins Cicely Tyson Cicely Tyson Tante Lou Mekhi Phifer Mekhi Phifer Jefferson Irma P. Hall Irma P. Hall Miss Emma Brent Jennings Brent Jennings Reverend Ambrose Lisa Arrindell Lisa Arrindell Vivian Baptiste Dana Ivey Dana Ivey Edna Guidry Frank Hoyt Taylor Frank Hoyt Taylor Sheriff Guidry Stuart Culpepper Stuart Culpepper Henri Pichot Von Coulter Von Coulter Farrell Jarreau Elijah Kelley Elijah Kelley Clarence
Wynton Yates Wynton Yates Louis Washington
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Awards

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy Award

Primetime Emmy Awards 1 nominated

  • 1999 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Nominated Cicely Tyson

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